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The 'Big Play'

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The 'Big Play'
The 'Big Play' is a card play technique used in a trump contract. It enables the declarer to get the maximum number of tricks in trump, particularly when he has realized that an opp has a trump honor that cannot be finessed.
The 'Big Play'
  • consists in willingly ruffing even leading cards
  • in order to shorten you long trump hand until you have the same number of cards as the opp
  • When you have achieved that objective, 3 cards from the end, you throw him in, so he has to play trump in your tenace.

Example : You are the declarer in a contract and, to make, you cab't afford to lose a trump trick. You eliminate all the suits and, 3 cards from the end, you play the 10 , putting you dangerous in hand... and he has to play trump in your tenace..

Quiz 4963 - Placed on the wrong side, the opp cannot do anything. If he plays a small trump, you take it with the Queen and, if he plays the King, you take it with the Ace....